"It's been absolutely wonderful. Everybody is so friendly and the food is just gorgeous. There are so many speciality things to do on it," Mrs Jerman said.

"I am actually doing water colour painting at the moment. And there are always lots of lectures, lectures about law and customs, really interesting ones, not dry, but interesting lessons."

Of the 4000 people on board the ship, 2500 are passengers and 1500 are crew.

Flinders Ports General Manager Marine Operations Carl Kavina helped guide the ship into the port and will keep a watchful eye on the cruiser's departure tonight.

"The Queen Mary 2 is the largest passenger ship that we bring in to the port," he said.

"The ship generally comes once a year, a couple of years ago she has come twice, but Adelaide has always been on her world voyages. When she first came to Australia, Adelaide was one of her first ports.

"She goes around the world and visits many countries, Australia being one of them. The year when she came twice she actually did a circumnavigation around Australia so she did a number of ports around Australia."

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